Governors of Jamaica - Governors of Jamaica (1691-1962)

Governors of Jamaica (1691-1962)

• The Earl of Inchiquin, 1690–1691
• John White, 1691–1692, acting
• John Burden, 1692–1693, acting
• Sir William Beeston, March 1693–January 1702, acting to 1699
• William Selwyn, 1702
• Peter Beckford, 1702, acting
• Thomas Handasyde, 1702–1711, acting to 1704
• Lord Archibald Hamilton, 1711–1716
• Peter Heywood, 1716–1718
• Sir Nicholas Lawes, 1718–1722
• The Duke of Portland, 1722–4 July 1726
• John Ayscough, 1726–1728, acting, first time
• Robert Hunter, 1728–March 1734
• John Ayscough, 1734–1735, acting, second time
• John Gregory, 1735, acting, first time
• Henry Cunninghame, 1735–1736
• John Gregory, 1736–1738, acting, second time
• Edward Trelawny, 1738–1752
• Charles Knowles, 1752–January 1756
• Sir Henry Moore, February 1756–April 1756, acting, first time
• George Haldane, April 1756–November 1759
• Sir Henry Moore, November 1759 – 1762, acting, second time
• Sir William Lyttleton, 1762–1766
• Roger Hope Elletson, 1766–1767
• Sir William Trelawny, 1767–December 1772
• John Dalling, December 1772 – 1774, acting, first time
• Sir Basil Keith, 1774–1777
• John Dalling, 1777–1781, second time
• Archibald Campbell, 1781–1784, acting to 1783
• Alured Clarke, 1784–1790
• The Earl of Effingham, 1790–19 November 1791
• Sir Adam Williamson, 1791–1795, acting
• The Earl of Balcarres, 1795–1801
• Sir George Nugent, 1801–1805
• Sir Eyre Coote, 1806–1808
• The Duke of Manchester, 1808–1821
• Sir John Keane, 1827–1829, acting
• The Earl Belmore, 1829–1832
• George Cuthbert, 1832, acting, first time
• The Earl of Mulgrave, 1832–1834
• Sir Amos Norcot, 1834, acting
• George Cuthbert, 1834, acting, second time
• The Marquess of Sligo, 1834–1836
• Sir Lionel Smith, 1836–1839
• Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1839–1842
• The Earl of Elgin, 1842–1846
• George Henry Frederick Berkeley, 1846–1847, acting
• Sir Charles Edward Grey, 1847–1853
• Sir Henry Barkly, 1853–1856
• Edward Wells Bell, 1856–1857, acting
• Charles Henry Darling, 1857–1862
• Edward John Eyre, 1862–1865, acting to 1864
• Sir Henry Knight Storks, 12 December 1865 – 16 July 1866
• Sir John Peter Grant, 1866–1874
• W. A. G. Young, 1874, acting
• Sir William Grey, 1874–January 1877
• Edward Everard Rushworth Mann, January 1877, acting
• Sir Anthony Musgrave, January 1877 – 1883
• Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke, 1883, acting
• Dominic Jacotin Gamble, 1883, acting
• Sir Henry Wylie Norman, 1883–1889
• William Clive Justice, 1889, acting
• Sir Henry Arthur Blake, 1889–1898
• Henry Jardine Hallowes, 1898, acting
• Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming, 1898–1904
• Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1904, acting, first time
• Hugh Clarence Bourne, 1904, acting, first time
• Sir James Alexander Swettenham, 30 September 1904 – 1907
• Hugh Clarence Bourne, 1907, acting, second time
• Sydney Haldane Olivier, 16 May 1907–January 1913, acting
• Philip Clark Cork, January 1913–7 March 1913, acting
• Sir William Henry Manning, 7 March 1913 – 11 May 1918
• Robert Johnstone, 11 May 1918 – 11 June 1918, acting
• Sir Leslie Probyn, 11 June 1918 – 1924
• Herbert Bryan, 1924, acting, first time
• Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson, 29 September 1924–June 1925
• Sir Herbert Bryan, 1925, acting, second time
• A. S. Jeef, October 1925–26 April 1926, acting, first time
• Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, 26 April 1926 – 9 November 1932
• A. S. Jeef, 9 November 1932 – 21 November 1932, acting, second time
• Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, 21 November 1932–April 1934
• A. S. Jeef, April 1934–24 October 1934, acting, third time
• Sir Edward Brandis Denham, 24 October 1934 – 2 June 1938
• Charles Campbell Woolley, 2 June 1938 – 19 August 1938, acting
• Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, 19 August 1938–July 1943
• William Henry Flinn, July 1943–29 September 1943, acting
• Sir John Huggins, 29 September 1943 – 7 April 1951
• Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot, 7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957
• Sir Kenneth Blackburne, 18 December 1957 – 6 August 1962

In 1962, Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom. Since independence, the viceroy in Jamaica has been the Governor-General of Jamaica.